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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Alpine F1, Dynaudio System 340

« on: 01 May 2007, 12:58:50 »

I know £6000 is loads of money but when i bought the stuff i could easily afford it but would not spend that now. I have ahd that system in a few cars and as you know every car sounds different. Been installed in Volvo V40, Volvo V70, Golf Mk 6 GTi and soon my MV6. I have also got a decent digital equaliser which will allow me to change the time alignment to get the staging good (only for me the dfriver though) but don't really want to put it in unless i have to. The Diamond Audio D7 amplifier is good too cause working with my Alpine F1 head unit there is hardly any colouration to the music. I have to say that i have tried many component speakers over the years and liked a few (Boston Pro, DLS Iridium 3 Ways and Dynaudio 2 and 3 way) but i reackon in my opinion for the type of music i like the Dyn's are the best.
My music is my only vice now, with a wife and 3 kids i feel i really need it now.
Cheers

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Alpine F1, Dynaudio System 340

« on: 30 April 2007, 15:23:39 »

Thanks guys for all that. I know a fair bit about car hi fi as i used to work for Prestige some years ago installing competition systems. I alread have the kit sitting in my loft at the moment, and that is right it is impossible to get good sound quality in a car. I have got to sound deaden the car , then build some door builds for my Dyn's then build some kickwell builds, looks as if i can get the mids and tweets fairly on axis.
Always liked Alpine and Dynaudio gear, get a good sound, not all over the place, used to do some Point of reference competitions in the early 90's using pheonix gold amps and boston acoustics components.
Still thanks for the comments they are much appreciated. When i eventually start to install this stuff i will let you all know how it goes.
Cheers

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Alpine F1, Dynaudio System 340

« on: 30 April 2007, 09:27:48 »

The reason i want to replace the factory speakers is that they give out no real sound quality at all compared to the dynaudio units or other comparable speakers. Capping off the bass from the mids would increase the sound i know but the tweeters just cannot deliver decent crisp vocals or a good sound stage. Sorry to sound like a boffin but i used to be really into this stuff some years ago but never installed anything into a Meega. I am not knocking the omega sound system but i want that bit extra. I have listened to the Bose systems and they just sound too bassy with no realy mid range or even mid bass (110 hz  -  800 hz), so vocals sound muffled and the bass is over powering. Even though i used to run a pair of 10" subs, they sound so tight that most of the time you don't know they are there unless you are listening to tracks that have a lot of bass guitar in them or something and decent drumming, that is where you also need a good front end to the system.
Thanks for the comments though, much appreciated!!  

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Alpine F1, Dynaudio System 340

« on: 29 April 2007, 13:33:01 »

Just wondering if anyone has put any high end audio into a meega.  Want to know if it is pretty good for sound as some cars you can put anything in them and they sound crap!!I used to run a fairly expensive system in one of my other cars and now I want to put it into my MV6 saloon.
I can wait no longer and as I used to install this stuff years ago, i have no excuse, i am going to have to put it all in. This is the kit that i have got to put in, i would appreciate comments on the kit.
Alpine CDA-7990 F1 Head unit
Dynaudio System 340 3 Way Component Speakers (front)
Diamond Audio D7 6x50 Watts RMS Amp (4 of the channels bridged to give 2 x 200 Watts RMS to drive Dyns)
DLS A6 Mono Amp for Quality Bass (up to 1200W RMS @ 1 ohm)
Diamond Audio 10" x 2 Subs in appox 1.3 cu ft sealed box for sounds quality

I haven't thought about putting anything in the rear doors at the moment as i would need to buy these but i am thinking another set of dyns like the 260GT but i usually have them faded out when i am in the car on my own. I love sound quality, and think that the meega would be a good car as it sounds quite dead, sonically and would give a great sound. Not into the really loud boom boxes,just quality. That load of gear listed above cost me about £6000 3 or so years ago without all the cabling and sound deadening.

Look forwards to some replies!!
 

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Omega General Help / Re: Electric Seat Height Adjustment Stuck

« on: 03 February 2010, 14:42:19 »

I managed to get a 13mm 1/4" drive socket in the slot but i did give it a spray with WD40 first and then it just went in, turned the shaft and pulled out ok and now all works well.
Thanks for the help.

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Omega General Help / Re: Electric Seat Height Adjustment Stuck

« on: 03 February 2010, 13:17:55 »

Thanks iceman will give that a try!!

laughjimbo

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Omega General Help / Electric Seat Height Adjustment Stuck

« on: 03 February 2010, 12:12:15 »

I have seen on the forum that you need a 13mm socket to adjust the seat height when the motor has got stuck. My motor is stuck but you can still hear it clicking but not moving the seat. I have tried a 13mm socket and it does not go anywhere near, are they all 13mm? I have tried 3/8 & 1/4 inch drive sockets but still too big. Any other suggestions on how to move the seat. It is stuck in the fully up position so can get access to everything ok.

Thanks in advance.


Laughjimbo

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Omega General Help / Re: V6 Smells Hot after running

« on: 31 March 2010, 18:28:27 »

Thanks bionic i will have a look under mine when it is a bit dryer, i never thought of it being the cats.
 :-?

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Omega General Help / Re: V6 Smells Hot after running

« on: 30 March 2010, 22:17:04 »

Well like i said earlier, my old 2.5 CDX used to be the same, i have had this car for about 5 years and it has always been the same. I have got a couple of other cars, a Volvo V70 T5 and that doesn't ever seem that hot even after giving it a good run.
At least i know it is not only my car!

Thanks guys

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Omega General Help / Re: V6 Smells Hot after running

« on: 30 March 2010, 17:05:19 »

I have got no oil leaks at all and it does not smell of burning oil, just like hot metal really, engine temp and water level are fine.

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Omega General Help / Re: V6 Smells Hot after running

« on: 30 March 2010, 14:26:58 »

Thanks guys for the replies, i was worried as i do not want to have any problems, i tow with the Omega as well so did not want to have any problems because i had not repaired something that was a problem.
 

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Omega General Help / V6 Smells Hot after running

« on: 29 March 2010, 23:11:10 »

as said above when my 3.0 MV6 has been running for a while and is up to temp it smells quite hot, i noticed this on my old 2.5 V6 i had a few years ago. There are no oil leaks, even from the rockers, not burning oil and does not smell of burning oil and the water system has recently been flushed and new coolant added. The water temp always stays right in the middle of the scale. Other than this then engine is running absolutely fine just smells hot. Can anyone tell me if this is normal or it is a symptom of something that needs attention.
Thanks guys in advance.
The car has done 86,000 and has regular oil changes. About every 3k.

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Omega General Help / Re: MV6 Rear Shocks

« on: 26 January 2010, 19:46:44 »

The link is not working, also does anyone have a diagram for the rear shock assembly?
I think that i would prefer the original vauxhall parts but if not does anyone have any experience of Kyb Excel G shocks?

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Omega General Help / MV6 Rear Shocks

« on: 26 January 2010, 18:21:37 »

My MV6 needed to have the rear shocks replaced so i replaced them with some gas ones from the local motor factors. The problem is since i replaced them there is a rumblings noise coming from the boot area. I cannot take them back as this was over a year ago and the car has sat since last may. I MOT'd it the other day to put it back on the road and remembered the rumbling sound was there that i had previously forgot. I did also at the time of fitting the shocks replace the upper mount bushes that sit on either side of the body work as the old ones were knackered. I need to replace these shocks again as the sound is driving me mad, i think that it can only be these shocks as the noise only appeared when i replaced them. Can someone recommend a good quality shock that will not upset the ride and want to keep it fairly standard.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Also if anyone can give me an idea of how much i should pay for a pair would also be good.

The MV6 passed the mot with no problems at all and the rear springs are also fine!

Thanks

Just to add it does not have any self levelling shocks.

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Omega General Help / Re: Plastic Headlight Lenses

« on: 18 July 2008, 18:45:00 »

Thanks guys for the advice, i will probably give it a go on sunday.
Fingers crossed.
Let you know how it went!!
Laughjimbo